ENR 1.3INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES

Estonia follows instrument flight rules established by the European Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012.

1FRA General Procedures

1.1Definitions of Terms

Free Route Airspace (FRA):

A specified airspace within which users may freely plan a route between a defined entry point and a defined exit point, with the possibility to route via intermediate (published or unpublished) way points, without reference to the ATS route network, subject to airspace availability. Within this airspace, flights remain subject to air traffic control.

FRA Arrival Connecting Point:

A published NAVAID / Significant Point to which FRA operations are allowed for arriving traffic.

FRA Departure Connecting Point:

A published NAVAID / Significant Point from which FRA operations are allowed for departing traffic.

FRA Entry Point:

A published NAVAID / Significant Point from which FRA operations are allowed.

FRA Exit Point:

A published NAVAID / Significant Point to which FRA operations are allowed.

FRA Intermediate Point:

A published NAVAID / Significant Point or unpublished point, defined by geographical coordinates or by bearing and distance via which FRA operations are allowed for all traffic.

FRA Connecting Route:

One or more segment(s) connecting SID end point (or other departure procedure) with FRA Departure Connecting Point, or FRA Arrival Connecting point with STAR start point (or other arrival procedure).

1.2Eligible Flights

Eligible flights are all flights that are intending to operate within the vertical and horizontal limits of NEFABFRA and/or in DK/SE FABFRA as specified in ENR 2.2 in the national AIPs. This includes arriving, departing and transiting traffic.

1.3Flight Planning

Eligible flights shall flight plan according to the table below.

From

To

Remark

FRA Entry Point

FRA Exit Point

Flight plan DCT or via one or several additional points.Additional point can either be a navaid (as published in ENR 4.1) or a significant point (as published in ENR 4.4) in the national AIP of Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden or Denmark.Additional points can also be entered as coordinates.

FRA Arrival Connecting Point

FRA Departure Connecting Point

FRA Exit Point

FRA Arrival Connecting Point

1.3.1Departing Traffic

Access to FRA for departing traffic is via a FRA Departure Connecting Point.

Depending on the aerodrome there are different requirements:

a SID Final Waypoint,

a specific connecting point linked to an aerodrome according to the RAD, Appendix 5,

if required, the last point on a FRA Connecting Route as described in ENR 3.5,

if no suitable SID is available or there is no requirement for a connecting point, a waypoint within a required distance from the aerodrome according to the RAD, Appendix 5.